''' 
Copyright 2013 Robert Edger

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
   limitations under the License.
'''

import pickle
import sys
import time
import redditConfig

def delUser(user):
    #the location of the pickle file
    pickleFile = redditConfig.pickleFile

    #unpickle the pickle
    userList = pickle.load(open(pickleFile,'rb'))

    #try to remove the user from the Map. if this fails then the user isn't in the Map
    try:
        del userList[user]
        pickle.dump(userList,open(pickleFile,'wb'))
        print 'user deleted'
    except KeyError:
        print 'user did not exist in list'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if not len(sys.argv)==2:
        print 'takes one argument, the user to remove'
        sys.exit(1)

    delUser(sys.argv[1])





